Music by G. Dufay and dances of the XV century

Alta bellezza (Switzerland)

Ann Allen, shawm
Hanna Geisel, ciaramella, shawm, bagpipes
Nathaniel Wood, trumpet, trombone

Full price ticket € 15
Two adults who have booked together  € 25
Reduced tickets (music school students, under 30, over 65) € 8

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Programme

Guillaume Dufay (ca. 1397- 1474)  Resveilles vous et faites chiere lye

Gilles Binchois (ca. 1400 -1460) Amours merchi
Guillaume Dufay Se la face ay pale
Guillaume Dufay   Puisque vous estez campieur

Anonimo (11th century)  Victimae paschali laudes
Jacques Vide (f. 1405 – 1433) Las! J’ay perdu mon espintel
Brussels Basse Danse Ms. Basse Danse “Avignon“ (arr.Alta Bellezza)

Guillaume Dufay Je me complains pitieusement
Guillaume Dufay Quel fronte signorille
Guillaume Dufay He compaignons, resvelons nous

Guillaume Dufay Vergene bella
Gilles Binchois Triste Plaisir
Brussler Basse Danse Ms.  Basse Danse „Triste Plaisir“ (arr. Hanna Geisel)

Gilles Binchois Dueil angoisseus
Pierre Fontaine (ca. 1390-ca. 1450) J’aime bien celui qui s’en va

Brussler Basse Danse Ms. La Danse de Cleves (arr. Nathaniel Wood)

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The 15th century may be regarded as the „classical period“ of the Alta Capella. The combination of shawm, pommer and slide trumpet had become the standard instrumental ensemble throughout Europe, such groups could be found at every court and in every city, playing the polyphony of their time as well as dance music for all kinds of occasions.
In this concert we show our very personal view of the sound world of the early 15th century. The works of Dufay, Binchois and their contemporaries, on the one hand a musical farewell to the Middle Ages, on the other hand groundbreaking for the polyphony of the Renaissance, can be heard both in the typical combination of instruments and on other instruments such as the bagpipes, as well as the then new types of low brass instruments such as the trombone.
Dance music comes from the Brussels Basse Danse Manuscript, where tenors and choreographies of the dances are recorded in gold lettering. We have arranged the other parts of this polyphonic music in the style of the 15th century, as was the practice of the wind players of that time.